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Online-Ressource (533 p)
ISBN:
9780231121262
Content:
Every epoch bewilders those who live through it, but for Americans, the postwar era has been a time of breathtaking change and transition. With these comprehensive and engaging essays, this volume encourages readers to form a new perspective on a recent and highly debated period of American history. Contributors to this volume were chosen for their ability to conceive of topics in unconventional and provocative ways. Renowned scholars specializing in economics, foreign affairs, political science, and social and cultural history collectively reexamine the history of America since the end of Wor
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; 1. Introduction, Mark C. Carnes; PART I: CULTURE; 2. The Spaces People Share: The Changing Social Geography of American Life, Sandra Opdycke; 3. Drowning In Pictures, Kenneth Cmiel; 4. Popular Music and Technology, Tom Collins; 5. Bringing It Home: Children, Technology, and Family in the Postwar World, Paula S. Fass; 6. The Culture Of Work, Mark C. Carnes; 7. The Military, Sport, And Warrior Culture, Donald J. Mrozek; 8. Death, Mourning, and Memorial Culture, Michael Sherry; 9. The Commerce of Culture and Criticism, George Cotkin; PART II: POLITICS
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10. Domestic Containment: The Downfall of Postwar Idealism and Left Dissent, 1945-1950, Richard Lingeman11. Without Restraint: Scandal and Politics in America, Julian E. Zelizer; 12. Television, Democracy, and Presidential Politics, Rick Shenkman; 13. Gender and The Transformation of Politics, Susan Hartmann; 14. Which Sides Are You On? Religion, Sexuality, and Culture- War Politics, David T. Courtwright; 15. The New Alchemy: Technology, Consumerism, and Environmental Advocacy, Andrew Kirk
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16. Citizenship and the Problem of Desire in the Postwar Labor and Civil Rights Movements, Thaddeus Russell17. What Price Victory?: American Intellectuals and the Problem of Cold War Democracy, Michael E. Latham; PART lll: GOVERNMENT; 18. Managerial Capitalism Contested: Government Policy, Culture, and Corporate Investment, Tony A. Freyer; 19. Federal Education Policy and Politics, Maris A. Vinovskis; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231511803
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231121279
Additional Edition:
Print version The Columbia History of Post-World War II America
Language:
English
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